Treatment of Pain Associated With Fibromyalgia
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02146430 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : May 23, 2014
Results First Posted : November 9, 2020
Last Update Posted : November 9, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Pain Associated With Fibromyalgia | Drug: DS-5565 Drug: Pregabalin Drug: Placebo tablet Drug: Placebo capsule | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 1293 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo- and Active-Controlled Study of DS-5565 for Treatment of Pain Associated With Fibromyalgia |
Actual Study Start Date : | October 27, 2014 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | July 14, 2016 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | July 14, 2016 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: DS-5565 QD
Participants take one each of placebo tablet and capsule in the morning, and one DS-5565 tablet once daily (QD) with a placebo capsule in the evening
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Drug: DS-5565
DS-5565 15 mg tablet for oral administration
Other Name: mirogabalin Drug: Placebo tablet Placebo tablet (matching DS-5565) for oral administration
Other Name: Placebo matching DS-5565 Drug: Placebo capsule Placebo capsule (matching pregabalin) for oral administration
Other Name: Placebo matching pregabalin |
Experimental: DS-5565 BID
Participants take one DS-5565 tablet and one placebo capsule, twice daily (BID)
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Drug: DS-5565
DS-5565 15 mg tablet for oral administration
Other Name: mirogabalin Drug: Placebo capsule Placebo capsule (matching pregabalin) for oral administration
Other Name: Placebo matching pregabalin |
Active Comparator: Pregabalin
Participants take one pregabalin capsule and one placebo tablet BID
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Drug: Pregabalin
Pregabalin 150 mg capsule for oral administration
Other Name: Lyrica Drug: Placebo tablet Placebo tablet (matching DS-5565) for oral administration
Other Name: Placebo matching DS-5565 |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Participants take one each of placebo tablet and capsule BID
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Drug: Placebo tablet
Placebo tablet (matching DS-5565) for oral administration
Other Name: Placebo matching DS-5565 Drug: Placebo capsule Placebo capsule (matching pregabalin) for oral administration
Other Name: Placebo matching pregabalin |
- Change From Baseline in Weekly Average Daily Pain Score (ADPS) at Week 13 in Participants Receiving DS-5565, Pregabalin, Placebo [ Time Frame: Baseline up to Week 13 postdose ]Average daily pain scores (ADPS) reported by the participant that best describes his or her worst pain over the previous 24 hours. A daily pain score has a scale where 0 = no pain to 10 = worst possible pain. Higher scores indicate a worse outcome. For participants with no Week 13 data, the baseline observation was carried forward (BOCF). The mean (multiple imputation estimate) and standard error (multiple imputation) are reported.
- Number of Participants Who Answered "Much Improved or Better" in Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC) at Week 13 in Participants Receiving DS-5565, Pregabalin, or Placebo [ Time Frame: Baseline up Week 13 postdose ]Patient global impression of change (PGIC) on a 7-point categorical scale, where 1 = very much improved and 7 = very much worse. Higher scores indicate worse outcomes. The number of participants with 'much improved or better' status (≤2) is being reported.
- Change in Fibromyalgia Index Questionnaire (FIQ) Total Score From Baseline to Week 13 in Participants Receiving DS-5565, Pregabalin, or Placebo [ Time Frame: Baseline up to Week 13 postdose ]
The total FIQ score is composed of 10 items, with a maximum possible score of 100. The first item contains 11 questions related to physical functioning and are rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale, where 0 indicates 'always' and 3 indicates 'never'. The overall impact items are rated on a 0-7 scale for the number of days that the patient felt well and the number of days they were unable to work (including housework) because of fibromyalgia symptoms. The symptoms items are rated on visual analog scales (0-10 cm), with higher numbers indicated greater symptomatology. Scores range from 0 (no impairment) to 10 (maximum impairment), where higher scores indicate worse outcome.
For this outcome, the change in total FIQ score from baseline is being reported. Negative values indicate improvement from baseline in impairment.
- Number of Responders at Week 13 Among Participants Receiving DS-5565, Pregabalin, or Placebo [ Time Frame: Week 13 postdose ]The number of participants with at least a 30% or 50% reduction in average daily pain score (ADPS) at Week 13 is reported.
- Change From Baseline to Week 13 in Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20) General Fatigue Score in Participants Receiving DS-5565, Pregabalin, or Placebo [ Time Frame: Baseline up to Week 13 postdose ]
MFI is a validated 20-item, self-reported instrument designed to measure fatigue in the following dimensions: general fatigue, physical fatigue, mental fatigue, reduced motivation, and reduced activity. The respondent is asked to mark an 'X' in 1 of 5 boxes arranged linearly where 1 is 'Yes, that is true' and 5 is 'No, that is not true.' Each subscale consists of 4 items, 2 indicative for fatigue and 2 contraindicative. For the indicative questions, a high score indicates a high fatigue level and low scores indicate a low fatigue levels. Conversely, for the contraindicative questions a high score indicates a low fatigue level and a low score indicates a high fatigue level. Overall, respondents are rated on a scale of 0 (no fatigue) to 7 (high fatigue).
For this outcome, the change from baseline in MFI-20 general fatigue subscale score is being reported. Negative values indicate an improvement in fatigue.
- Change From Baseline to Week 13 in Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) in Participants Receiving DS-5565, Pregabalin, or Placebo [ Time Frame: Baseline up to Week 13 postdose ]The HADS questionnaire is a reliable, widely-used self-assessment scale to assess symptoms of anxiety and depression. The instrument consists of 7 questions related to anxiety and 7 related to depression, each rated on a 4-point scale (score of 0 to 3). Scores for anxiety and depression are independently summed to compute HADS Anxiety and HADS-Depression subscale scores, with ranges from 0 (no anxiety/depression) to 21 (most severe anxiety/depression).
- Change From Baseline to Week 13 in Short Form 36 (SF-36) in Participants Receiving DS-5565, Pregabalin, or Placebo [ Time Frame: Baseline up to Week 13 postdose ]The SF-36 is a 36-question health survey that measures functional health and well-being from the participant's point of view. It is a measure of physical and mental health used across various disease areas, including fibromyalgia. The SF-36 scale ranges from 0 to 100 where lower scores indicate more disability (worse health) and higher scores represent less disability (better health). The physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS) scores are reported.
- Change From Baseline to Week 13 in EuroQol Five Dimensions Questionnaire (EQ-5D) in Participants Receiving DS-5565, Pregabalin, or Placebo [ Time Frame: Baseline up to Week 13 postdose ]
The EQ-5D is an instrument that shows high construct validity and responsiveness in patients with chronic pain and has been used specifically in fibromyalgia. The EQ-5D includes a descriptive section with 5 dimensions (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression) each with a scale that ranges from 0 (no problems) to 5 (extreme problems). These 5 dimensions are combined into an overall health utilities index, and a numeric rating scale (100 mm visual analog scale) that measures perception of overall health, with 0 indicating worst health and 100 representing best imaginable health. A summary index with a maximum total score of 1 can be derived from these five dimensions by conversion with a table of scores. The maximum total score of 1 indicates the best health outcome.
For this outcome, the change from baseline in total EQ-5D score is being reported. Positive values indicate an improvement in health.
- Change From Baseline to Week 13 in Average Daily Sleep Interference in Participants Receiving DS-5565, Pregabalin, or Placebo [ Time Frame: Baseline up Week 13 postdose ]Pain-associated sleep interference was assessed using electronic daily diaries using an 11-point numeric rating scale (NRS) for pain, ranging from 0 (pain does not interfere with sleep) to 10 (pain completely interferes with sleep, unable to sleep). ADSIS is the mean value of all available recordings of the respective week.
- Number of Participants Reporting Optimal Sleep at Week 13 on the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Sleep Scale In Participants Receiving DS-5565, Pregabalin, or Placebo [ Time Frame: Week 13 postdose ]The MOS Sleep Scale is a 12-item questionnaire from which the following subscales were derived: sleep disturbance (4 items), quantity of sleep/optimal sleep (1 item), snoring (1 item), awakening due to shortness of breath or due to headache (1 item), sleep adequacy (2 items), and somnolence (3 items). In addition, values for sleep disturbances index (9 items), optimal sleep scale (1 item), and sleep quantity scale (1 item) were determined. Most subscales range from 0 to 100, where higher scores indicate more of the concept begin measured (eg., higher sleep disturbance scores indicate greater sleep disturbances).
- Change From Baseline to Week 13 in the Brief Pain Inventory Short Form (BPI-SF) in Participants Receiving DS-5565, Pregabalin, or Placebo [ Time Frame: Baseline up to Week 13 postdose ]The BPI-SF measures pain severity and interference within the past 24 hours. Items are rated on an 11-point NRS from 0 to 10, where 0 indicates does not interfere and 10 indicates completely interferes. Severity score is the average of the responses to the 4 pain intensity items that assess the Worst/Least/Average pain in the last 24 hours and the Pain Right Now. The individual items being reported (using the same scale as noted above) are Severity, General Activity, Mood, Walking Ability, Normal Work, Relations With Other People, Sleep, and Enjoyment of Life. Percentage relief of treatment pain scale ranges from 100% (complete pain relief) to 0% (no pain relief) and higher percentages indicate better outcome. Interference % is the average of responses for General activity, Mood, Walking ability, Normal work, Relations with other people, Sleep, Enjoyment of life where 0% (no interference) to 100% (completely interferes) and negative (ie. lower) percentages indicate better outcomes.
- Proportion of Days a Rescue Medication Was Used Among Participants Receiving DS-5565, Pregabalin, or Placebo [ Time Frame: Week 1 to Week 13 postdose ]Proportion of days with rescue medication intake during the double-blind treatment period equals number of days with rescue medication intake/(date of last study drug administration in the double-blind treatment period) - (date of first study drug administration + 1).

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Able to give written informed consent
- Able to complete participant-reported questionnaires per the investigator's judgment
- At screening, participants must meet the 1990 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for fibromyalgia (FM), i.e. widespread pain present for at least 3 months and pain in at least 11 of 18 specific tender point sites. In addition, the 2010 ACR criteria must be met:
- Widespread pain index (WPI) ≥ 7 and symptom severity (SS) scale score ≥ 5, or WPI 3 to 6 and SS scale score ≥ 9
- Symptoms have been present at a similar level for at least 3 months
- The subject does not have a disorder that would otherwise explain the pain
- ADPS of ≥ 4 on the 11-point numeric rating scale (NRS) over the past 7 days prior to randomization (based on completion of at least 4 daily pain diaries during the 7-day baseline period prior to randomization)
- Subject must have documented evidence of a fundoscopic examination (with pupil dilation) within 12 months prior to screening or at screening.
- Women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP) must be using an adequate method of contraception to avoid pregnancy during the study and for 4 weeks after study completion.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Clinically significant unstable neurologic, psychiatric, ophthalmologic, hepatobiliary, respiratory, or hematologic illness or unstable cardiovascular disease (e.g. severe hypotension, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, or myocardial infarction) or any other concurrent disease within 12 months prior to screening that in the opinion of the investigator would interfere with study participation or assessment of safety and tolerability
- Anticipation of initiation or significant change to normal daily exercise routines or need for ongoing use of concomitant medications or non-pharmacological pain management techniques that may confound assessments of efficacy and/or safety
- Unable to undergo pre-study washout of prohibited concomitant medications
- Subjects who are at risk of suicide as defined by their responses to the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) or in the opinion of the investigator. Note: Patients answering "yes" to any of the questions about active suicidal ideation/intent/behaviors occurring within the past 12 months must be excluded (C-SSRS Suicide Ideation section - Questions 3, 4, or 5; C-SSRS Suicidal Behavior section, any of the suicide behaviors questions). Such patients should be referred immediately to a mental health professional for appropriate evaluation.
- Current severe or uncontrolled major depressive disorder or anxiety disorders as assessed by the Mini-international Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) mild to moderate major depression or anxiety disorders are permitted provided that the investigator assesses the patient as clinically stable and appropriate for entry into the study.
- Any diagnosis of lifetime bipolar disorder or psychotic disorder
- Participants with pain due to other conditions (e.g. diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain or post-herpetic neuralgia) that in the opinion of the investigator, would confound assessment or self-evaluation of the pain associated with FM.
- Participants with pain due to any widespread inflammatory musculoskeletal disorder (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, lupus) or widespread rheumatic disease other than FM.
- Abuse or dependence of prescription medications, street drugs, or alcohol within the last 1 year
- Any history of a malignancy other than basal cell carcinoma within the past 5 years
- A diagnosis of untreated sleep apnea or initiation of treatment for sleep apnea within the past 3 months
- Pregnancy or breast-feeding, or intent to become pregnant during the study period
- Participant is currently enrolled in or has not yet completed at least 30 days since ending another investigational device or drug study or is receiving other investigational agents.
- Known hypersensitivity to alpha2-delta (α2δ) ligands or other components of the study medications. Note: Prior exposure to DS-5565 is allowed, as long as hypersensitivity to DS-5565 was not observed.
- Participants who are unlikely to comply with the protocol (e.g. uncooperative attitude, inability to return for subsequent visits) and/or otherwise considered by the investigator to be unlikely to complete the study.
- Abnormal investigative tests (i.e. electrocardiograms [ECGs]) and laboratory values judged by the investigator to be clinically significant at screening, with particular focus on: a. Abnormal renal function defined as calculated creatinine clearance (CrCl) < 60 mL/min determined by the central laboratory using the modified Cockcroft-Gault equation; blood urea nitrogen> 1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN); creatine kinase > 3.0 × ULN; serum creatinine > 1.6 mg/dL (> 141.4 μmol/L); b. Abnormal liver function defined as aspartate aminotransferase (AST) > 2.0 × ULN, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) > 2.0 × ULN; alkaline phosphatase > 1.5 × ULN; total bilirubin> 1.2 × ULN. If a subject has total bilirubin > 1.2 ULN, unconjugated and conjugated bilirubin fractions should be analyzed and only participants documented to have Gilbert's syndrome may be enrolled.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02146430

Study Director: | Global Clinical Leader | Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. |
Responsible Party: | Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02146430 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
DS5565-A-E309 2013-005161-40 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | May 23, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | November 9, 2020 |
Last Update Posted: | November 9, 2020 |
Last Verified: | November 2020 |
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Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
Plan Description: | De-identified individual participant data (IPD) and applicable supporting clinical trial documents may be available upon request at https://vivli.org/. In cases where clinical trial data and supporting documents are provided pursuant to our company policies and procedures, Daiichi Sankyo will continue to protect the privacy of our clinical trial participants. Details on data sharing criteria and the procedure for requesting access can be found at this web address: https://vivli.org/ourmember/daiichi-sankyo/ |
Supporting Materials: |
Study Protocol Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) Clinical Study Report (CSR) |
Time Frame: | Studies for which the medicine and indication have received European Union (EU) and United States (US), and/or Japan (JP) marketing approval on or after 01 January 2014 or by the US or EU or JP Health Authorities when regulatory submissions in all regions are not planned and after the primary study results have been accepted for publication. |
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URL: | https://vivli.org/ourmember/daiichi-sankyo/ |
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